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Ordinary Days

Music and lyrics by Adam Gwon
Directed by Chelsea Muller

Cast
Izzy Hamboussi* (she/her) - Deb
Kayla Stallone* (she/her) - Claire
Brandon Belcher (he/him) - Jason
Spencer Scalamoni (he/him) - Warren
Terry Batch (he/they) - Warren/Jason Standby
Kailee-Jade Berrios (she/they) - Deb/Claire Standby

Production Team
Chelsea Muller* (she/her) - Director
Marli Worden* (she/her) - Production Stage Manager
Alyssa Bernstein (they/she) - Assistant Director
Jorin Clougherty (he/they) - Stage Manager
Blake Savoy (he/him) - Lighting Designer
Dana Freeman (she/her) - Sound Designer
Kiana Hindi (she/her) - Light Board Operator
Izzy Hamboussi* (she/her) - Costume Designer
Jenna Karnatski (she/her) - Wardrobe
Frankie Kadir (he/him) - Visual Artist
Elizabeth Balentine & Amanda Von Rothnyi - Accompanists

Director’s Note

To those who are still figuring out their life story

Creative Team Profiles

Terry Batch (he/they) (Warren/Jason Standby) is a third year Arts Management major with a Psychology minor from Manhattan. Purchase credits include: several acting roles in films made by friends on campus. High School credits include Macbeth (Macduff) and HAIR (Claude). He’d like to thank the producers for giving him the chance to be a part of this project, it’s been really fun.

Brandon Belcher (he/him) (Jason) is ecstatic to be a part of ORDINARY DAYS. Select non-Purchase credits include JEKYLL AND HYDE (Spyder), LES MISERABLES (Marius), and PIPPIN (Pippin). He would like to thank the cast and production team for a wonderful experience, and he hopes you enjoy the show.

Kailee-Jade Berrios (she/they) (Deb/Claire Standby) is a third year Theatre and Performance major from the Bronx. Purchase Credits For Colored Women (Women in Green) and We Are Proud to Present… (Assistant Director). She’d like to thank her family, friends, her partner, and the Purchase Community for giving her the opportunity to expand her craft.

Izzy Hamboussi* (she/her) (Deb/Costume Designer) is ecstatic to be playing Deb! She is overjoyed to finally be able to introduce Deb to you all because playing the character has been so exciting and rewarding. In order to make this project possible, she would like to thank the production team and the Purchase THP staff. Have fun watching our show!

Spencer Scalamoni (he/him) (Warren) is thrilled to be a part of the ORDINARY DAYS company. He is a third year Playwriting and Screenwriting major, and is currently preparing to bring one of his own musicals to the stage next year. Past Purchase credits include Pie Day (Dan), CRYSTAL CLEAR (Austin), and Some Other Kid (Owen). Select non-Purchase credits includes NJ Playwright Devon VillaCampa’s Kidneys (Dane) and 300 Sacrifices of Children (P.P.). He will also be appearing as Paris next month in Purchase’s ROUGH WITH LOVE, a jukebox musical he co-wrote the book for with his good friend Chelsie Chamberlain. He sends much love to his family and to all the loyal friends who have valiantly remained at his side all this time.

Kayla Stallone* (she/her) (Claire) is so thrilled to be playing the role of Claire for her senior project! This role has been so thrilling and rewarding to play and she is so excited to be able to finally bring Claire in front of an audience. Select non-Purchase credits include: RENT (Joanne Jefferson), SPRING AWAKENING (Martha Bessel), and LEGALLY BLONDE (Enid Hoopes). She would like to thank the production team and the Purchase THP staff for making this project possible, and she hopes you enjoy the show!

Alyssa Bernstein (they/she) (Assistant Director) is a third year Playwriting and Screenwriting major with a double minor in Psychology/Theatre and Performance from Long Island. Purchase credits include No Longer Human (Director), Behind Us Is Noise (Director), and Marisol (ASM). She’d like to thank her family and friends for continuing to support her, as well as the whole cast and crew for providing such an amazing experience.

Jorin Clougherty (he/they) (Stage Manager) is a junior THP and Playwriting student from Ithaca, NY. Purchase credits include Frame(D) (Amethyst), CRYSTAL CLEAR (PSM), Pie Day (Addy), and She Kills Monsters (PSM). He spends his spare time cooking, drawing, and wrangling children/goats. He would like to thank the production team, the actors and standbys, and his blue rolling suitcase.

Dana Freeman (she/her) (Sound Designer) is delighted to be part of Ordinary Days! Dana is a Theatre and Performance Major and is working towards minors in Playwriting and Literature. Dana wears many hats (in theater and in general) including stage management, directing, devising, and acting on shows at SUNY Purchase and during her high school years overseas. In her free time, she enjoys chocolate mousse cake, sleep, and making lists (especially ones with parentheses). She hopes you enjoy the wonderful show!

Blake Savoy (he/him) (Lighting Designer) is a junior Liberal Studies major. This is his first show as a theatrical lighting designer at Purchase. Other credits at Purchase include Life is a Dream (Production Electrician), Barbecue (Programmer), and Crystal Clear (ALD). He would like to thank the cast and crew for their incredible work and patience throughout the process.

Marli Worden* (she/her) (Production Stage Manager) is a fourth year Theatre and Performance/Arts Management double major from Rochester, NY. Select Purchase credits include: Marisol (PSM), We Are Proud to Present… (ASM), How I Learned to Drive (SM), and Gruesome Playground Injuries (SM). Select non-Purchase production credits include Whitelisted (CATF), The Fifth Domain (CATF) and The Hang (HERE). She’d like to thank her friends, both silver and gold, as well as her family, for always being there for her. She’d also like to thank Jorin for being such a kick ass stage manager and introducing her to the song “Born a Worm” by Dan Reeder.

Director Profile

Chelsea Muller* (she/her) is a fourth year Theatre and Performance/Psychology double major from Rochester, NY. Her past Purchase credits include Pinata (2022), Mac Beth (2022), The Silent Observer (2022), Frame(D) (2021), and THE LAST FIVE YEARS (2021). She would like to thank her parents, her brother, her aunts and uncles, and all the people who helped to shape her and help her grow. She would also like to thank her amazing production team and cast for making this show such a wonderful experience.

About the Conservatory of Theatre Arts

In our teaching and art, the Conservatory values inclusiveness, equality, and excellence. Upholding all of our training is our aim to train and graduate citizen artists: multifaceted people with a strong sense of purpose in approaching an arts education.

What is a citizen artist? Citizen artists seek to discover how their unique voices can contribute to our world. They understand what it means to be an artist, and what they are here on earth to say and do and make.

The Conservatory trains future citizen artists in three degree programs:

+ BFA Actor Training. The BFA is an intensive professional training program offered to a highly select and diverse group of students. The professional training is anchored in four years of study in acting, voice, speech, and movement, complemented by offerings in dramatic literature and analysis, history of the theatre, stage combat, improvisation, mask work, acting for the camera, and the business of acting. As one of five schools in the Consortium of Professional Theatre Training Programs, Purchase is one of a handful of colleges in the world capable of training artists at this level—and of drawing a faculty from the ranks of professional theatre

+ BFA in Theatre Design/Technology. Emphasizing studio and classroom training, our professional training program in theatre design/technology gives students the guidance and support of established and theatre industry professionals. Many of our alumni are recognized at the top of their field, and have received Tony, Emmy, Obie, and Drama Desk Awards, among other honors. Quite literally, Purchase grads are working in or have worked in every theatre on Broadway, in all tristate venues, and with countless touring productions

+ BA program in Theatre and Performance. From traditional theatre to cutting-edge interdisciplinary work, the theatre and performance major encourages creativity, intellectual curiosity, social engagement, and critical thinking. The core requirements combine scholarship and practice to provide students with a strong foundation in theatre history and dramatic literature, with mandatory stagecraft/production courses. Theatre and Performance majors are encouraged to expand the scope of their education by studying abroad, as well as pursuing coursework in other programs of study within the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Purchase College